Nikon MD-4 MOTOR DRIVE instruction Manual
Nikon Motor Drive
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MD-4
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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NOMENCLATURE
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(1) Battery check button
(2) Counter setting dial
(3) Frame counter setting index
(4) Frame counter
(5) Rewind slide (R2)
(6) Motor drive coupling prong
(7) Electrical contacts
(8) Rewind button pin
LED indicators (9)
Auto rewind-stop terminals (10)
Rewind slide 1 lock button (11)
Rewind slide 1 (R1) (12)
Battery chamber with
Battery clip
Trigger button (14)
S-C mode selector (15)
Motor drive
coupling cover
compartment
Camera positioning pin (17)
(13)
storage
(16)
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(18) Anatomical
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grip
Mounting screw (20)
Attachment wheel (21)
Automatic film rewind fork (22)
(19) Maganize back
terminal
External power
terminal
Remote terminal (24)
(23)
Battery
clip release
catch
(25)
Tripod socket (26)
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CONTENTS FOREWORD
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NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
CONTROLS IN DETAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
Anatomical Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
S-C Mode Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
(including Mulliple exposures)
Trigger Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Frame Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Rewind Slides 1 (R1) and 2 (R2) . . . . . . . . . 14
Battery Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Battery Check Button and LED Indicators . . . . . 16
ElectricalTerminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
(Magazine back terminal/External power
terminal/Remote terminal)
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 - 21
PowerAccessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
(MN-2 NiCd Battery Unit and MH-2 Quick Charger/
MA-4 AC/DC Converter and MC-ll External
Power Cord)
ConvenientAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(MF-6 Camera Back/Pistol Grip Model 2 and MC-3
Connecting Cord/AH-2 Tripod Adapter)
Remote Control Accessories. . . . . . . . . . 19-20
(MC- 12 Remote Cord with Button Release
/MW-1 Radio Control Set and MC-S Connecting Cord/
ML-1 Modulite Remote Control Set and
MC-8 Connecting Cord/ MR-2 Terminal Release)
Simultaneous and Time Lag Shooting Accessories. . 21
(MC-4 Remote Cord/MT-1 Intervalometer and MC-S
Connecting Cord/
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
OPTIMUM BATTERY PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Time-lapse exposures
)
Congratulations. You now own the MD4 Motor
Drive, an accessory designed to advance
the film automatically through the Ni*on
F3 camera. The MD-4 offers either "Single"
or "Continuous" operation. At "S," the
film advances to the next frame as soon
as the picture is taken. At "C, "it will
be advanced at 4 frames per second with
penlight batteries or at 6 fps when using the optional MN-2 NiCd Battery Unit.
In addition, the MD-4 offers automatic
film rewind. Even though the MD4 is extremely easy to use, you should still
familiarize yourself with its basic operation as presented in the first section. For more detailed explanations and
special picturetaking situations, refer
to the sections CONTROLS IN DETAIL and
ACCESSORIES. A few minutes wisely invested now will pay off in years of rewarding photographic experiences.
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BASIC OPERATION
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1.Unscrew the camera's motor
drive coupling cover.
First make sure the camera's
power switch is turned off. Then
turn the camera upside down and
use a coin to unscrew the
cover.Remove the motor drive's
battery clipG). Slide the release catch ~to the right and
the battery clip will pop out.
2.Remove the motor drive's battery clip(13).
Slide the release catch (25)to
the right and the battery clip
will pop out.
3.Store the cover in the
compartment (16) provided.
To prevent the cover from being
misplaced, slip it into the storage compartment on the end of the
battery clip. To remove the motor
drive coupling cover, push the
small catch to the outside as you
turn the battery clip upside down.
The cover will then fall out.
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4.Load the batteries.
Install 8 AA-type penlight batteries into the clip following
the " + " and "-" indications.
5.Install the battery clip.
Put the clip back in the battery chamber (13). Push it until it snaps into place.
6.Check the battery power.
Push the battery check button (1)
If both LED's (9) light up, the
batteries have been loaded properly and their power is sufficient. If one LED glows, the batteries should be replaced with a
fresh set. If none go on, this
indicates that the batteries have
not been loaded correctly or are
completely dead.
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7.Attach the motor drive to the camera body.
Make sure the S-C mode selector (15) of the
motor drive is set to L (Lock) before attaching
the camera. Otherwise the motor might start
operating. Place the camera body on top of the
motor drive so that the motor drive's mounting
screw (20) lines up with the camera's tripod
socket and the camera positioning pin (17) is
aligned with the motor drive coupling hole.
Then turn the attachment wheel (21) counterclockwise until the two units are screwed tightly
together.
8.Load the camera with film.
Load film into the camera in the normal way.
Note:
Do not detach the motor drive from the
camera while it's still loaded with film. Unless
you are in o darkroom. the film might become
exposed to liqht entering through the bottom of
the camera.
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